George Sharp
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George Dooley Sharp (1797 - 1878)

George Dooley Sharp
Born in Bedford, Virginia, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 20 Jun 1823 in Kentucky, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 81 in Richland, Wisconsin, United Statesmap
Profile last modified | Created 6 Nov 2011
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Biography

  1. 1827 sold farm in KY and joined Sharps & Millers in Clinton Co, Indiana, USA
  2. Moved to Hoosier Hollow, Eagle Wisconsin, USA
  3. Organizer of Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church
  4. Buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Matthias Schaup (George Dooley Sharp's great-grandfather) came to America from Konigsbach, Germany Sept 11, 1732 on the Pennsylvania Merchant. Upon his death, his three sons; Abraham, Adam and John, moved to Bedford, County, Virginia and changed the name to Sharp.

John Sharp (George Dooley Sharp's grandfather) was a Revolutionary War soldier. John & his brother were slaveowners in Virginia and Kentucky. They left Kentucky because of their anti-slavery views. John married Anne Dooley and had nine chldren. Their son Noah (George Dooley Sharp's father) was born about 1767-77 in Bedford County, VA and died in 1823 in Franklin County, Kentucky.

Noah moved to Kentucky about 1804 with his wife Jane (Jenny) Dooley. They had 6 children. Their son George Dooley Sharp was born March 1797 in Bedford County VA and died July 24, 1878 in Richland County, WI. He married Elizabeth (Betsy) Miller. They left Kentucky about 1827 for Clinton County, Indiana. In 1849, they moved to Richland County, WI. They were among the first settlers of Richland County. They had 7 children, one being James Andrew Sharp - who married Indiana Frances Privett and had a son William Newton Sharp.[1]

Sources

  1. Info via Crystal Burnette (daughter of George Sharp) & Donna Baehler (Freda Sharp's daughter)
  • United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DL-XCN : 12 April 2016), George D Sharp, Richland county, Richland, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 156, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  • United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSQ-DM2 : 12 April 2016), George D Sharp, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 23, family 166, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,233.
  • Find A Grave: Memorial #76717310
  • Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLM7-TBX : 4 December 2014), Elizabeth Sharp in entry for Geo. H. Sharp, 1901; citing Death, Eagle, Richland Co., Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,653.
  • Jim Bethke, firsthand knowledge.




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Per Data Error Corrections needed; this profile needs to have post merge clean up and the date of birth does not match the Find a Grave dob of 1797-06-24 . Thank You, Cheryl

posted by Cheryl (Stone) Caudill
Sharp-830 and Sharp-1034 appear to represent the same person because: Pretty sure these are the same person.
Sharp-830 and Sharp-845 appear to represent the same person because: These two George Dooley Sharps represent the same person.
How could George get married 35 years before he was born?
posted by Cheryl (Stone) Caudill
Matthias Schaup died in 1750, 47 years before George was born and Catherine born in 1700 could not have given birth at 97 years of age, but her profile also states she died in 1750. Believe George is linked to the wrong parents.
posted by Cheryl (Stone) Caudill
Sharp-2471 and Sharp-830 appear to represent the same person because: same death date and marriage
posted by Robin Lee

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